Printable version This is a printable version of this page: print or return to the original page
The Australian Literature Resource
|
AGENT DETAILS
| COMMENT? |
|
(birth name:
Cowdroy, Victoria Ethel
)
(a.k.a.
Cowdroy, (Miss) V.; Cowdroy, Victoria; Cowdroy; Royston
)
Born: 22 Apr 1908 Sydney, New South Wales
Died: 26 Jun 1994 Melbourne, Victoria
Gender: Female
|
|
|
| Biography: |
|
Full biographical information is only available to AustLit Subscribers. A truncated and unformatted biographical extract follows: Painter, sculptor, illustrator and commercial artist, Vic Cowdroy attended Fort Street High School until the age of thirteen when she became ill with scarlet fever. 'After she recovered, she left school and began studying art at East Sydney Technical College. At the end of 1925, aged seventeen, she was in her fourth year as a sculpture student and Rayner Hoff was calling her his "star pupil". Although primarily devoted to sculpture (portrait heads and small nude figures)' Cowdroy 'also did story....To gain full access to the AustLit database become a subscriber. |
Last amended:
11 Mar 2010